Marshall and the Movies

Whenever I was younger, I would sometimes be afraid to directly ask my parents to take me to a movie. But I still wanted to go, so I devised a sneaky way to get them to take me.

What I did was sit in front of them with the entertainment section of the newspaper, clearly looking at the movie showtimes. They could ignore it for a few minutes, but eventually they had to acknowledge it and give my modest proposal a “yay” or “nay.”